Multi-platform experiments in the SouthWest Mediterranean Sea to study fine-scale ocean vertical exchanges: anticipating SWOT launch

Ananda Pascual1, Simon Ruiz2, Amala Mahadevan3, J. Thomas Farrar4, Mara Freilich5, Pierre Chabert2, Dr. Laura Gomez-Navarro, PhD6, John Allen7, Joaquin Tintore7,8 and Francesco d'Ovidio9, (1)IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain, (2)IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)WHOI, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)MIT- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Illes Balears, Spain, (7)Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, (8)Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Esporles, Spain, (9)LOCEAN, Paris, France